Subscriber-to-Administrator takeover via forged encrypted token
Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Authorization bypass in Frontend Admin 3.29.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to reset any WordPress account password. The Current-User object token uses malleable CBC encryption without integrity protection, allowing a valid token from an authorized Edit User form to be bit-flipped to identify another user. Subscriber-level access and permission to submit at least one Edit User form are required; resetting an administrator password grants control of that account and the site.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in Frontend Admin 3.29.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to reset any WordPress account password. The Current-User object token uses malleable CBC encryption without integrity protection, allowing a valid token from an authorized Edit User form to be bit-flipped to identify another user. Subscriber-level access and permission to submit at least one Edit User form are required; resetting an administrator password grants control of that account and the site.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-15606
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- DynamiApps
- Product
- Frontend Admin
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.29.9
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